MFGFNet: A Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Change Detection Network Using the Global Filter in the Frequency Domain

Abstract

In traditional image processing, the Fourier transform is often used to transform an image from the spatial domain to the frequency domain, and frequency filters are designed from the perspective of the frequency domain to sharpen or blur the image. In the field of remote sensing change detection, deep learning is beginning to become a mainstream tool. However, deep learning can still refer to traditional methodological ideas. In this paper, we designed a new convolutional neural network (MFGFNet) in which multiple global filters (GFs) are used to capture more information in the frequency domain, thus sharpening the image boundaries and better preserving the edge information of the change region. In addition, in MFGFNet, we use CNNs to extract multi-scale images to enhance the effects and to better focus on information about changes in different sizes (multi-scale combination module). The multiple pairs of enhancements are fused by the difference method and then convolved and concatenated several times to obtain a better difference fusion effect (feature fusion module). In our experiments, the IOUs of our network for the LEVIR-CD, SYSU, and CDD datasets are 0.8322, 0.6780, and 0.9101, respectively, outperforming the state-of-the-art model and providing a new perspective on change detection.